Epox EP-7KXA Motherboard Review

The First KX133

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Epox was the first major motherboard manufacturer to adopt and
produce a board based on the second generation of Athlon chipsets,
the VIA KX133. Being a long supporter of most of VIA chipsets, especially
during the time of the now-dead socket 7 genre, Epox has a reputation
for building high quality products that are readily available to
the consumer market. This new board has been no exception.

Unlike Asus with their K7M motherboard, Epox has a less tight relationship
with the mogul, Intel, so their promotion of the EP-7KXA is more public.
There will be no whiteboxes sent out to consumers, and the Epox web site
is currently actively showing the EP-7KXA on the front page.

Let's start out the review by looking at the motherboard specifications.

Motherboard Specifications

CPU Socket

Slot-A

Chipset

VIA KX133

VIA 371 North Bridge

VIA 686A South Bridge

Form Factor

ATX

Bus Speed Options

83; 88; 90; 95; 100; 110; 115MHz

Voltages

1.50v - 1.80v; in 0.05v increments

Memory Slots

3 DIMMs (PC100, PC133, VC100, VC133 supported)

Expansion Slots

5/1/1/1 Configuration (PCI/ISA/AMR/AGP)

AGP Support

4x AGP Core

USB Support

4 USB Ports

BIOS

Award Bios

Memory Recommendations:

As always, for any Athlon system running at PC133 speed, Athlonmb.com recommends: